Question : A flower of brinzal has 520 ovules in its ovary . However, it produces a fruit with only 480 viable seeds. (a) What could have prevented the rest of the 40 ovules from maturing into viable seeds? Explain giving a reason. (b) Describe the development of a dicot embryo in a viable seed . (c ) Why certain angiospermic seeds are albuminous while othersexalbuminous ? Explain.

Question : A flower of brinzal has 520 ovules in its ovary . However,

1.	Question : A flower of brinzal has 520 ovules in its ovary . However, it produces a fruit with only 480 viable seeds. (a) What could have prevented the rest of the 40 ovules from maturing into viable seeds? Explain giving a reason. (b) Describe the development of a dicot embryo in a viable seed . (c ) Why certain angiospermic seeds are albuminous while othersexalbuminous ? Explain.
Answer» SOLUTION :(a) 40 ovules are ABORTIVE . They do not produce functional VIABLE EMBRYOS.